FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Magnolia Regional Medical Center is excited to announce the addition of Dr. James Kevin Rudder, Orthopedic Surgeon, to its medical team. Dr. Rudder will begin seeing patients in the Magnolia Surgical Clinic on April 19, 2021. "We are extremely fortunate to have someone of Dr. Rudder's skill and reputation relocate to Magnolia," stated Rex Jones, CEO. "After a year-long search for an Orthopedic Surgeon, the Board and I feel we have partnered with an excellent surgeon that brings the expertise we need to develop an orthopedic program that will excel in quality and positive outcomes." Born in El Dorado and raised in the Lisbon community, Dr. Rudder completed his medical training at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, and received orthopedic surgery training at the Texas A&M College of Medicine. Dr. Rudder has practiced in the Hot Springs area for the last twenty years. Dr. Rudder provides full orthopedic servi
Danna Wagnon Taylor of the Medical Center for South Arkansas in El Dorado
Danna Wagnon Taylor has been appointed chief quality officer for the Medical Center for South Arkansas in El Dorado. Taylor has been in the health care industry for a decade. Most recently, she served as vice president of operations for MCSA.
Dr. Taqi Zafar of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock
Dr. Taqi Zafar has been hired by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock as an epilepsy specialist.
Zafar is an assistant professor for the adult epilepsy program and also sees patients at UAMS Health Epilepsy & Neurology Clinic.
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A Stone County man accused in the shooting death of his wife will undergo mental health and fitness to proceed examinations, according to an order filed in Stone County Circuit Court late last month.
Fifty-five-year-old Nathaniel Freeman of Onia, near Timbo, is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of 46-year-old Dora Freeman in September 2019.
Online court documents from Nathaniel Freeman’s attorney, James E. Hensley Jr. of Conway, indicate the Stone County man intends to rely on the defense of mental disease or defect.
According to the probable cause affidavit, the Stone County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call from a residence along Lee Hill Road on the afternoon of Sept. 23, 2019. The male caller did not state the reason for the call and dispatchers believed him to be intoxicated. Less than a half-hour later, the male called 911 again and said, “She shot me.”
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Arkansas medical experts weigh in on past, present and future of COVID-19
March 4, 20214:11 pm
In a time when everything from politics to weather can be described as “unprecedented,” it’s hard to emphasize that one institution has been taxed and tested more than others.
But the coronavirus pandemic pummeled and reshaped nearly every facet of our medical system, forcing innovations, revealing weaknesses and pushing limits.
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In Little Rock, a hospital supply chain manager who used to rely on steady, scheduled deliveries of all the necessities found himself scrumming at 3 a.m. to secure masks and hand sanitizer. Forced to hunt down scarce commodities directly from factories in Malaysia and other far-flung places, he started keeping Pop-Tarts and sandwich meat in his office for the nights when he worked through the sunrise. In Arkadelphia, a school nurse juggled her standard Band-Aids and morning meds with spreadsheets listing which students and staff were quarant